23 Bible Verses about Suffering For Christ's Sake

So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.

For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.

And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.

And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;

If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:

Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;

Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.

What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;

But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.

And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.

For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.

Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account: